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title: "14 Church Exists Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Church Exists quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Church Exists sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-church-exists-for-nothing-else-but-to-draw-men-into-christ/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-williams/the-church-exists-to-connect-people-at-the-level-of-their-hunger-for/)

[Rowan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-williams/)

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> [The Church exists by mission as fire exists by burning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-brunner/the-church-exists-by-mission-as-fire-exists-by-burning/)

[Emil Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-brunner/)

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> [The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-brunner/the-church-exists-by-mission-just-as-a-fire-exists-by-burning/)

[Emil Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-brunner/)

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> [The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-is-the-church-only-when-it-exists-for-others/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-verwer/the-truth-is-that-most-mission-work-is-carried-out-where-the-church/)

[George Verwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-verwer/)

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> [“to tell the world of its true Centre, of the law of mutual sacrifice by which its parts are bound together. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-chapman/to-tell-the-world-of-its-true-centre-of-the-law-of-mutual-sacrifice/)

[Mark Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-chapman/)

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> [The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-brunner/the-church-exists-by-mission-just-as-a-fire-exists-by-burning-where/)

[Emil Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-brunner/)

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> [The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-is-the-church-only-when-it-exists-for-others-not/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-church-exists-for-nothing-else-but-to-draw-men-into-christ-to/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [I am thankful that the church exists, thankful that it has done such great things, giving us laws, for instance - 'thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/i-am-thankful-that-the-church-exists-thankful-that-it-has-done-such/)

[Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/)

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> [“...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with the church as mystery -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-institutional-church-which-exists-to-serve-the-people-of-god-is/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-church-exists-primarily-for-two-closely-correlated-purposes-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-is-only-the-church-when-it-exists-for-others-to-make-a/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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